Mozilla Firefox resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Mozilla Firefox. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation results in resource management. This vulnerability was named CVE-2011-2373. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, was found in Mozilla Firefox (Web Browser) (affected version unknown). Affected is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Use-after-free vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 3.6.18 and 4.x through 4.0.1, Thunderbird before 3.1.11, and SeaMonkey through 2.0.14, when JavaScript is disabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted XUL document.

The weakness was presented 06/30/2011 by Martin Barbella (Nils) as Bug 617247 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.mozilla.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2011-2373. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 11/13/2021).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 55404 (CentOS 4 / 5 : firefox (CESA-2011:0885)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 119343 (Red Hat Update for Xulrunner Firefox (RHSA-2011:0885)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (55404), SecurityFocus (BID 48354†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-31966†). See VDB-57833, VDB-57832, VDB-57831 and VDB-57830 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 55404
Nessus Name: CentOS 4 / 5 : firefox (CESA-2011:0885)
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OpenVAS ID: 69975
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2268-1 (iceweasel)
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06/21/2011 +18 days 🔍
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06/30/2011 +8 days 🔍
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03/23/2015 +1362 days 🔍
11/13/2021 +2427 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: mozilla.org
Product: mozilla.org

Advisory: Bug 617247
Researcher: Martin Barbella (Nils)
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-2373 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-2373
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-57828

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X-Force: 68133
SecurityFocus: 48354 - RETIRED: Mozilla Firefox/Thunderbird/SeaMonkey MFSA 2011-19 through -28 Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 45002
Vulnerability Center: 31966 - Mozilla Firefox, SeaMonkey, and Thunderbird Remote Use After Free Vulnerability (CVE-2011-2373), Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 11/13/2021 18:27
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (60), 03/24/2017 12:15 (10), 11/13/2021 18:11 (6), 11/13/2021 18:19 (1), 11/13/2021 18:27 (1)
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